The LaFollette City Council started the Tuesday night meeting by electing a new vice mayor.

Councilman Joe Bolinger nominated Councilman Hansford Hatmaker for the position. After a brief pause, Hatmaker made a second motion for his appointment. During the roll call, both Councilmembers Wayne Kitts and Stephanie Grimm voted against Hatmaker. Mayor Mike Stanfield broke the tie, making Hatmaker the vice-mayor and beer board chairman.

Nearly two months after resigning from their posts with the Campbell County Board of Education under a cloud of suspicion, Dr. Michael Martin, former director of schools, and Karen Bundren are now facing criminal charges.

On Friday afternoon officials with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Martin and Bundren turned themselves in to authorities around 2:40 p.m. The pair is charged with theft over $1,000, forgery, official misconduct, tampering with governmental records and falsifying educational and academic records.

Nearly two months after resigning from their posts with the Campbell County Board of Education under a cloud of suspicion, Dr. Michael Martin, former director of schools, and Karen Bundren are now facing criminal charges.

Officials with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Martin and Bundren turned themselves in to authorities around 2:40 p.m. The pair is charged with theft over $1,000, forgery, official misconduct, tampering with governmental records and falsifying. They bonded out of jail on $5,000 signature bonds at 4:30 p.m.

Last Thursday, at approximately 9:09 p.m., Donald L. Heck of LaFollette died in a motorcycle accident. Heck was driving a 1980 Harley Davidson northbound on Demory Road, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol fatality report.

Heck lost control of the motorcycle on a right hand curve, based on the report. The vehicle veered off the roadway on the left side and struck a guardrail.

THP Trooper Larry Skeen investigated the crash. There were no other injuries reported. Heck, 50, was wearing a helmet.

With the end of the year in sight, the LaFollette Medical Foundation made its final disbursements last week.

St. Mary’s Medical Center of Campbell County was awarded $110,000 for a digital mammography unit. This is one-half of the estimated cost for the equipment. In August representatives from the hospital appeared before the board and asked for the $220,000 to fund the purchase. However, at that meeting the foundation didn’t allot the money to the hospital. But last Tuesday, the foundation took action.